When it comes to what to wear on a plane, anything goes, but undies masquerading as pants? Nup.

Cos these are never, ever, ever, going to be called ‘pants’ on a plane . . .Source:Supplied

OPINION

These are underpants. Underpants are not clothes.

It is pretty simple, that unless your work requires you to wear undies in the public domain — and in this case, meant to worn on some kind of public transport — we really do not need to see them, let alone fly next to someone wearing them.

A burlesque dancer with the exquisite name Maggie McMuffin says she was due to fly on a JetBlue plane from Boston to Seattle on May 18, when a gate agent approached her and told her she wouldn’t be allowed on-board unless she ‘covered up’.

At the time, she was wearing thigh-high socks, a long-sleeve top and very short shorts.

Burlesque dancer or not, Ms McMuffin is not at her workplace — a burlesque stage — when she is on a public plane.

Unless Ms McMuffin was being employed as a burlesque dancer on the plane that had her ‘kicked off’, there really was no reason for her to be wearing them.

I mean is it really that difficult to chuck on a pair of pants?

Simply, Mags was not on a plane loaded with peeps who were paying for a floor show when they boarded their Boston to Seattle flight.

Don’t people just ‘get’ what is appropriate and what isn’t when they jump on a plane, or any other form of public transport?

This is not about sexism, or feminism, or being a prude or is it about political correctness. It’s just about looking OK so the people around you will also feel OK.

Not uncomfortable or awkward in case they happen to catch a glimpse of your underwear-endured camel toe.

Don’t know about you, but I don’t think I particularly want to be sitting next to a man, a woman, a child, my son, my mum, my brother, my BF or anyone, who are essentially wearing ‘just underpants’ on a plane.

Aside from not particularly wanting to see the shape of a male schlong or the outline of a vagina seated next to me, aren’t there kind of heath and cleanliness issues here at play too?

Who? Me? But seriously, what isn’t there to love with a name like Maggie McMuffin?Source:Supplied

Maggie says she didn’t have anything else to wear so as a compromise said she could tie her top around her waist, but that didn’t fly with the airline. They offered to rebook her on another flight but Maggie eventually — begrudgingly — bought some pants.

“I feel like it’s just a symptom of our patriarchal society that women are sold scantily clad things and if we choose to wear them we can be punished for that.” Huh?

Back then, I was absolutely all for it and am still am all for dressing in some kind of presentable, respectable and civilised mode when you are about to board a plane.

While Ms McMuffin ultimately DID cover up any potential muffin-top situation before she boarded her plane she was given $280 credit and a refund for the price of the pants she had to buy in order to ‘cover up’. Sounds like a win all around to me.

I like to think of plane travel as an ‘occasion’ and by that, it doesn’t mean putting on a party dress and high heels.

I’ll leave with you with a few reasons why it may pay to wear clothes that look half-decent, as opposed to half-dishevelled.

Leave your thongs in your luggage: and throw them on once you reach your sunny destination.Source:News Limited

• You may be treated better by transit and airline staff (OK, seemingly one-dimensional, but true)

• You may get even an upgrade (OK, that may be a dream ...)

• You can wear the same ‘nice’ wardrobe pieces once you get to your location;

• It can make plane travel an ‘experience’ and not a chore — no matter where you are sitting.

While we’re at it, here are a few things to avoid when jumping on a plane.